Implementation date: 1 October 2006

The Regulations extend the period of statutory maternity
pay to 39 weeks and apply to employees with an expected week
of childbirth on or after 1 April 2007. The Regulations
and the Work and
Families Act (PDF format, 135K), which will bring these provisions into force can be viewed on the OPSI
website.

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